Chile Earthquake Altered Earth Axis, Shortened Day

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 02:42 in Earth & Climate

Saturday's Chile earthquake was so powerful that it likely shifted an Earth axis and shortened the length of a day, NASA says.

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